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    consists of Meghalaya‚ Arunachal Pradesh‚ Assam‚ Manipur‚ Mizoram‚ Tripura‚ Himachal Pradesh and hills of Uttar Pradesh. The people of Nagaland commonly known as “Nagas” are sub-divided into several tribes chiefly dominated by the way they speak and also the culture which they inhabit. It has sixteen major tribes. These include: Angami‚ Ao‚ Chakhesang‚ Chang‚ Konyak‚ Lotha‚ Sema‚ Khiamniungan‚ Kachari‚ Phom‚ Rengma‚ Sangtam‚ Yimchunger‚ Kuki‚ Zeliang and Pochury. How do we define language? The Oxford Dictionary

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    different viewpoint on a culture we find normal will be addressed. This essay will elaborate on the theme that Body Ritual of the Nacirema and “This American’s Life” audio have in common. The ability to look outside the box and be open to different perspectives will be explained. Thoughts on Lamron Rituals in Society As I read about Nacirema‚ I began to see the clear parallels between their society and our very own in the United States. The unique analogies give insight

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    terrorist organizations practice tribe-like codes of honor‚ but they do not practice the Warrior Ethos. They are ‘shadow tribes’” (Pressfield 19). 2b. “If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens‚ then you have defined an aggressive sociopath‚ a wolf” (Grossman 1). In these statements we can draw a similarity between Pressfield using “shadow tribes” and Grossman using “a wolf” to describe the threats that exist in today’s society. Shadow tribes are the mob/gang/terrorist

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    Reaction to the Nacirema

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    At first I wasn’t too surprised by the behavior of the Nacirema. Medicine men making potions and priests making sure water is holy are all things that I have heard about before. What really took me aback was the holy mouth man. I was shocked at the torture these people go through because of their beliefs in certain magic rituals. I’ve never had a cavity before‚ so just the thought of someone grinding holes in my teeth makes my mouth hurt. However‚ I guess if I was raised believing that these sort

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    2 own kind‚ siting the scores of shootings was throughout the world; (Mayberry-Lewis‚364) there is not a shooting war in Germany‚ England‚ France Sweden‚ Japan‚ Australia or the United States of America. Perhaps it is just the smaller struggling tribes that are having a problem with this; we went though this too‚ remember. All good things are hard won. We believe in our family values‚ those of us that have families. Our society enables us to stay in touch and visit and support one another over

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    Inspiration The news vans from a dozen different television stations were gathered around the massive crowd of people outside of what was once the closed down and abandoned Museum in Coutts. Coutts is a Small town located just above the border into the United States. I saw the reporters interviewing the people looking to get their side of the story as they waited for the event to be underway the grand opening of the museum of native American history. One reporter was interviewing a tall Native American

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    than in in most expressions of Western Culture. The kinship shop system determines what kin and affine call each other and furnishes most of the social structure of a tribe. Kinship crates expectations of behavior that are powerful guidelines even though individuals deviate from them in practice‚ what is different from tribe to tribe or from culture.

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    and mountains near the town of Shiraz. Pastoralism is an economy that is based primarily on herding. The tribe would follow the herds in search of food and water. Some of the animals that the Basseri raised animals such as goats and sheep where the donkeys and camels were used to do work. Horses only tended to be used by the wealthy. They are clearly a delineated group. Many of the Basseri tribe speak the dialect of Faris but some speak Turkish and Arabic as well. The pasture essentials is important

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    stereotypes‚ Achebe reveals the stark contrast between the colonisers and the colonised. Achebe presents the theme of identity through the tribe’s cultural heritage and how it develops after being colonised throughout the narrative. Achebe presents the tribe as inferior to the missionaries‚ revealing a semantic field of loss of identity and the need to prove their presence. Beginning with the ‘undesirable’ tribesmen leaving the village “none of his convents was a man whose word was heeded in the assembly

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    responsibility of campaigning one of its product Ore Essentials‚ she came to know that the story behind growing the product is quite different. Ma Earth Skin Care was using a different strategy to maintain its image in the market. The company was paying the tribes neither for growing the product there nor for purchasing. They were actually buying its product at a cheap rate from a mainstream supplier. But the company wants to convey its message to the customers that the product is very precious and rare‚ and

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